Creating Policy<\/p>\n
Read the following scenario:<\/p>\n
You are a patrol lieutenant for the Dome City Police Department, a medium-sized agency of 40 sworn officers. As the patrol lieutenant, you act as one of the shift supervisors and watch commanders, supervising about 10 officers. All patrol shifts rotate every 4 months.<\/p>\n
Recently, a new police chief was hired from outside the department after a nationwide search. The new police chief wrote a grant proposal to receive funding for new state-of-the-art soft body armor vests for all officers. The department\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s previous attempts to purchase and implement wearing of soft body armor by officers had been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n
The new police chief has received the grant funding and has selected you to research and draft a policy for mandatory wear of soft body armor by officers in the department, because of your firearms instructor background.<\/p>\n
However there will, or may, be obstacles to implementing this policy. The department’s unionized line officers is a major obstacle, along with possible complaints of medical issues like rashes that prevent the wearing of the vests, heat-related factors, freedom of movement, freedom of choice, and everything in between.<\/p>\n
For this Assignment, write a 700\u00e2\u20ac\u201c1,050-word analysis of the actions you would take to create and implement the soft body armor mandatory wear policy outlined in the scenario. Include the following in your analysis:<\/p>\n
NOTE: This Assignment is to write a paper about organizational theory, organizational behavior, and organizational culture, specifically within a law enforcement agency, and within the context of implementing a mandatory-wear policy for body armor.<\/span><\/p>\n This Assignment will require outside research. Use at least two credible sources beyond the text material and discuss how you evaluated the credibility of the resources used. You may consult the Kaplan Library, the Internet, the textbook, other course material, and any other outside resources in supporting your task, using proper citations in APA style.<\/p>\n In addition to fulfilling the specifics of the Assignment, a successful paper must also meet the following criteria.<\/p>\n The links below provide resources to get you started on your work.<\/p>\n Ballistic Body Armor<\/span><\/p>\n Zakhary, Y. (2007, Dec.) Ballistic body armor: A chief\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s refresher course. <\/cite>The Police Chief. 74<\/i>(12). Retrieved from http:\/\/www.policechiefmagazine.org\/magazine\/index.cfm?fuseaction display&article_id 1340&issue_id 122007<\/a><\/p>\n Provides IACP (International Association of Chiefs of Police) guidance on body armor wear policy for officers in uniform and other specifications.<\/p>\n\n